Cigar bunching and rolling machine.



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J. S. HAGGERTY. CIGAR BUNCHING AND ROLLING. MACHINE. APPLICATIONYFILED JUNE 8.1915.

Patented July 1'7, 191?.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2- JAMES S. HAGGERTY, OF MANNINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA.

CIGAR BUNCHING AND ROLLING MACHINE.

Application filed June 8, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMEs S. HAGGERTY,

- a citizen of the United States, residing at Mannington, in the county of Marion and State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar Bunchingand Rolling Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates .to an improved cigar rolling and bunching machine and the principal object of the invention is to so construct the machine that a complete cigar may be formed, an improved rolling belt provided and an improved smoothing board being also provided.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the belt as to permit the end portions of the cigar to be more tightly rolled than the intermediate portion.

Another object of the invention is to so mount this rolling belt as to insure the belt assuming the proper shape, a second belt and suitable rollers beingprovided for this purpose.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved type of smoothing board for holding the wrapper flat and thus permitting it to be properly applied'to the bunch.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a top plan view of a machine.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View taken along the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3' is a fragmentary view principally in top plan with the smoothing board and outer belt removed.

Fig.4 is a sectional view taken along the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line 55 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken along'the line 66 of Fig. 1.

The table 10 which forms the framework of this machine is provided with the side walls 11 and rear wall 12 which supports the cross strips 13 having a cutout 14 formed therein through which extends the clamping screw 15. The table is also'provided with a strip or cross bar 16 to which is attached the pin 17 serving to pivotallymount the treadle 18. i a

The drum 19 which is provided with heads Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July it, iai't. Serial No. 32,958. i

or side faces 20 serving as guides for retaining a belt upon the drum is mounted upon the axle 21, which axle is journaled in the side bars 22 of frame 23 and also journaled in the upright strip 24. A hand wheel 25 is rigidly mounted upon the axle whereby when the wheel is correspondingly rotated the drum will be rotated with the axle. This drum is provided with a covering 26 preferably of canvas or other ma terial which will not readily permit the belt 27 to slip upon the drum when the drum is rotated. This belt 27 passes around the drum and around a roller 28 rotatably sup ported by the side bars 22 of frame 23. This belt forms the guiding belt or feeding belt for the operating belt 29 which operating belt extends above and below the drum and around the rollers 30 and 31. It should be noted that this roller 28 is carried by bearing blocks 32 which are provided with metal coverings 33 serving as. means for connecting the blocks with the side bars 22.

The bearing blocks or carriages 34 and 35 with which the rollers 30 and 31 are rotatably connected are slidably carried by the side bars 22, the carriage 35 being pro vided with extensions 36 to prevent vertical movement of the carriage and the carriage 34 being releasably held in a set position by the set screw 15 which is threaded through the cross bar 37 carried by the side bars 22. In order to yieldably hold the carriage 35 in its normal position there has been provided springs 38 which are secured to the carriage at oneend and have their opposite ends engaged by the draw bolts 39. It is desired to be able to regulate the tension of the springs so as to permit the carriage 35 to move as freely as desired and there fore the draw bolts 39 are passed through the bearings 40 and carry winged nuts 41 which engage the bearing brackets as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3. Therefore the carriage will be normally held in the position shown but can be readily moved out of its normal position by pressureupon the per is in place.

The belt 29 which extends around the rollers and 31 and engages the upper and lower portions of the drum 19 is formed of any suitable material such as leather which can be easily frictionally engaged by the canvas belt '27 and is provided adjacent its longitudinal edges with tapes H which are threaded through openings formed in the loelt.v These tapes serve to compress the ends of the bunch and form what is known as the twist. Therefore the bunch will be properly shaped and since it is evenly compressed the finished stogy will burn properly. It is of course understood that the tapes will be provided the proper width according to the length of the stogy and that each machine will be provided with a number of belts having tapes of different widths thus permitting the same machine to be used for forming stogies of various lengths.

-' In the operation of this machine the operator first places his foot against the treadle 18 and presses the sarne downwardly thus drawing carriage 35 toward the front of the machine. The tobacco from which the bunch is to be made is then placedin the pocket45 and the treadle released to permit the springs 38 to return the carriage 35 to its normal position as shown in Fig. 2 and close the pocket. The block 34 would have been previously set and secured by the set screw '15 to hold the belt 29 as tight as desired and the pocket45 will therefore be the proper size. The drum is now rotated by means of'the hand wheel 25 and the belt 4-4: will be caused to travel around the drum and rollers thus rolling the bunch into the proper shape. The fact that the tapes 44: are woven through the openings in the belt i'nstead of being simply sewed to the outer face causes the belt to travel smoothly and prevent the bunch-from being crumpled or otherwise injured. It should also be noted that the inner canvas'belt 27 will cause the outer belt to be fed properly between the rollers 28 and 31 and assist in holding the belt 29 smooth. After the bunch has been -rolled into the proper shape the wrapper is placed upon the smoothing board 46 with "oneend extending diagonally across the lip 47 and its inner end will be fed into the pocket and'the wrapper wrapped around the bunch. The treadle 18 can then be pressed -to move the carriage 35 away from the drum and-the stogy'removed from the pocket 45 after whichthe loose-end of the wrapper can be twisted to close one end of the stogy. "It will also be'noted that this machine provides a means for forming the complete sto without it bein necessar to remove the same from the machine until the wrap- It will be further noted th'at the wrapper will be heldsmooth and therefore when finished the 'stogy will have the proper shape and the wrapper will not be crinkled or otherwise damaged.

hat is claimed is:

l. A cigar bunching and rolling machine comprising a supporting frame, a rotatably mounted drum. a roller rotatably mounted in front of said drum, an inner belt extending around said drum and roller, an adjustably mounted carriage positioned to the rear of said drum, a roller carried by said carriage, a second carriage slidably mounted in. front of said drum, a roller carried by said second carriage, means for yieldably holding said second carriage in a normal position, and an outer belt extending about said drum and the rollers of said carriage, one portion of said outer belt extending between the roller of said second carriage and said inner belt to form a pocket.

2. A cigar bunching and rolling machine comprising a frame, a rotatably mounted drum positioned in said frame, a roller positioned in front of said drum, a canvas belt extending about said drum and roller, a movable carriage positioned in front of said drum, a roller carried by said carriage, a leather belt extending about said drum and the roller of said carriage, and means for tightening said leather belt.

3. A cigar bunching and rolling machine comprising a frame, a rotatably mounted drum positioned in said frame, an inner belt extending about said drum, means for holding one portion of said belt in spaced relation to said drum, a slidably mounted roller positioned in front of said drum, an outer belt extending about said roller and drum, the inner belt serving to feed a portion of the outer belt between the inner belt and the slidably mounted roller to form a pocket, and adjusting means for said belt.

4. A cigar bunching and rolling machine comprising a frame, a rotatably mounted drum positioned in said frame, a roller rotatably' mounted in front of said drum, a roller rotatably and slidably mounted in front of said first mentioned roller, an inner belt extending about said drum and first mentioned roller, an outer belt extending about said drum and second mentioned roller.

5. A cigar bunching and rolling machine including a rotatably mounted drum, a belt extending about said drum, said belt being provided with transversely extending openings adjacent its longitudinal edges and tapes threaded through the openings ofsaid belt.

6. A cigar bunching and rolling machine including a frame, a rotatably mounted drum, a roller positioned in front of said drum, a slidably mounted carriage in front of said roller, a roller carried by said carriage, an inner belt extending about said in a normal position, and means for movdrum and first mentioned roller, an outer ing said carriage out of a normal position. 10 belt extending about said drum and second In testimony whereof I afiix my signature mentioned roller, a smoothing board secured in presence of two Witnesses.

to said carriage and extending over said JAMES S. HAGGERTY.

second mentioned roller and having its inner Witnesses: end portion bent to form a. guiding lip, Bnss MAE GOODWIN, means for yielda'bly holding said carriage L. S. SCHWENOK.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

